Last year, the continued global COVID-19 pandemic forced American courts to largely continue the procedures set in place in 2020. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit was.
DEA Calls for Increased Production Quotas for Research-Grade Cannabis and Psychedelics in 2022 - While it may come as a surprise to some, the U.S. Drug Enforcement.
To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog:
On April 11, 2021, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) held a Boardside Chat webinar to discuss remote hearings in AIA trials and ex parte appeals. The discussion featured panelists Lead judges Georgianna Braden and Jessica Kaiser, Deputy Chief Clerk Kulunie Cannon, and PTAB practitioners David McCombs and Pauline Pelletier.
The webinar began with a presentation by Chief Clerk Erica Swift, who discussed the PTAB’s standard procedures for arranging and conducting remote hearings, as well as recent hearing statistics. Prior to March 2020, less than 1% of AIA trials involved remote presentation by counsel, whereas 100% of AIA trials (466 trials) were conducted remotely during the last year. Significantly, the number of hearings has not slowed during this transition. Chief Clerk Swift also noted that the Board received 46 requests for additional argument time under the Legal Experience and Advancement Program (
To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog:
Last year, the global COVID-19 pandemic created unprecedented challenges for American courts. By making several changes, however, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit was able to largely continue its operations. The most visible of these changes was that the Court began to hear all arguments telephonically, with some early denials of at least some parties’ requests for an oral hearing. Another less visible shift was that the Court issued summary affirmances in cases in which there was no oral argument.
At the same time, the number of appeals to the Court dipped this year, perhaps as a result of broader economic uncertainty. The largest drop was in post-grant review cases from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The number of appeals from the PTO reached an all-time high in 2019 at more than 650 appeals. In 2020, that number was less than 550 appeals, which may reflect a settling of expectations since the